Appropriations Committee to Hear PTSD Presumption Measure

The California Assembly Appropriations Committee is scheduled to discuss the potential cost of creating a presumption that post-traumatic stress disorder is compensable for police and firefighters, during a hearing Wednesday. A sister committee in the Senate in April projected Senate Bill 542 would increase workers’ compensation premiums. The magnitude of the increase “is unknown, but potentially in the millions of dollars annually across all state departments,” reads an analysis prepared for the Senate Appropriations Committee. Sen. Henry Stern, D-Canoga Park, amended his ...